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From: "Juanma Barranquero" <lek...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:03:06 +0200
Local: Tues, Jul 22 2008 7:03 pm
Subject: Re: basic question: going back to dired
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 18:58, Bastien Guerry <b...@altern.org> wrote: Well, yes, but that's a bit of circular reasoning. Of course the > In the same way that the manual page (info "(Emacs)Buffers") is relevant > to the users. current terminology is relevant, because it *is* the current terminology, after all. That does not mean that the user cares about the precise term, as long as s/he understands it. > How many users are complaining about the fact that it's not easy to open I don't see the relevance of that question (my fault, I'm sure). I was > and close a file with Emacs? As long as this is not a *major* problem, > let's not consider whether it's good or not to change Emacs terminology. > No? under the impression that the relevant question would be: "how much difficult is for beginners to learn Emacs when they read about buffers and frames and keybindings, instead of X and Y and Z?" [where X, Y and Z are suitable terms commonly used in other environments] Juanma You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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